Drive for motor vehicles



July 21, 1931.k

A. F. MAsURY ET AL DRIVE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES Filed June 17 1926 vg .w

Patented July 21, 1931 I l i UNlrED STATESZ PATENT? OFFICE ALFRED F. MASURY, F NEW YORK, N. Y., .AND FRANK .E QUENEY, 0F TEANECK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS 'T0 INTERNATIONAL MOTOR COMP-ANY, OFVNEW YOBJL' N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F DELAWARE DRIVE ron moron. vEnIcLEs g "Appnca'tidn ined Innen, 192s.- serial No. 116,517. i

This invention relates to selfropelled veaxles which are driven by motors through the hicles of the kind in which an e ectric motor housings of which the driving forces are is availed of tQ drive the propelling wheels trans 'tted t-o the frame. and theelectric current for the motor is sup-` Figures 2 and 3 are fragmentary views plied by a generator driven by an internal showing forms of l'connections-:betvveen the 55 combustion engine. More particularly the motorhousing jand the framewhich afford a invention relates to vehicles equipped with degree of universal movement. e

what is known as 'a dual rear axle drive, i. e. Figure 4 is a view in sectiontaken on line a pair of proximate driving axles. A motor 4-4 of Figure 3, and looking in the direction .0' provided for each axle which has dieren-I of the arrows.

r .v K '60 tial gearing and, if desired, reducing gear- .Figure 5 is a view in section, taken on line p ing of any convenient character associated 5-5of Figure 2, and looking in the direction therewith. One object'of the present invenofthe arrows. f Y

1 tion is to so associate `the motor casing (While the invention has been illustrated `as l i5 and the gear housing as to provide la applied toa motor vehicle having dual'axles, 5

l simple and convenient unit from 'the' Standeach of which is driven by an electric motor, point of f manufacture and assembly and it is'not limited to such in its broadest aspects,l y

in tle interest of a reduction of space' and but is equallyapplicable to a single driving i a reduction in the distance through which tlie axle. The live axle sections are, as usual, driving power' must ,be transmitted. Acadapted to/turn within dead axle housings a 70 4cordingly the motor housing is secured di- "supporting the chassis frame b through any .ff rectly to the gear casing' forming a. part of convenient type of spring suspension c. They the axle housing. The invention also vseeks are driven by electric motors contained with" to Provide for the transmission' of driving inthe housings-d andthe vo erative connec-, I- v forces from the axle to the frame in` situations between the motorsan the axles may 75 tions where a Hotchkiss drive is not availed include reducing gearing as wellas the usual of. The composite motor and gear housing differential gearing disposed within the hous- 'i lends itself. admirably to this end. It is ings e. Aswill be apparent from'an inspec therefore connected to the-frame solely at one tion" of `Figure 1 practically.- no propeller o point, at its forward end, the weight being shafting is required with the construction de- 80. 1

principally borne by the axle. Av further as scribed ,since the motors arepractically :adpect of the invention contemplates the provijacent the gearing and the composite housing sion for universal movement in the connecstructure described affords convenient transtion between the frame and housing to commission of the driving forces between the pensate for the movements of the.- axle over axles and the frame. As the weight may be irregularities in the roadbed and inequalities borne 'principally by the axles it is merely i in the load. B'roadly this is attained by a required that a connection fbe provided-beuniversal joint connectingrthe en d of the `mo- `tween the forward ends ofthe motor housings tor housing with the frame. Preferably this d and transverse frame members b' to trans-l 10 jointinvolves yielding non-metallic'mate'rial mit the forces Connections f preferably al- 90 becausejof its shock insulating properties and low a degreejof universal movement as the the connection', is-so constructed as to resist relative elevations -of the wheelsand the relaall torsion of the housing iii a yielding vtive distance between the axles and frame y manner, change constantly ldue to inequalitiesln the vThe invention will no w be described more` roadway and variations in loading. Any type 95 fully with reference to the accompanying of universal-joint may be availed of. n Howdrawings illustrating preferred embodiments fever, it isl referred to incorporate a elding thereof, in which: i j neuf-metallic material because of its s o ck in- Figure 1 is'a view, showing2 in' lan, the sulating characteristics. In 2, forco chassis o f a motor vehicle havmg' ual rearwardly facing sectional housings g and .g .1 06

are shown carried by, the respective frame members' lb and motor housings d within which yielding non-metallic material,may be retained, engaging the enlarged ends h of a link member h. In Figure 3 the motor housing d is shown as carrying an arm formed with opposed seats z" for a block or blocks of yielding non-metallic material disposed Within seats j in a two parthousigig j carried With the frame member b. Rubber may be availed ofvas the yielding non-metallic material and it is preferably retained under compression to increase its strength, resiliency and Wearing qualities.

The motors d receive electric current through electric conductors, not shown, from the generator Z driven by the internal combustlon engine m as is usual in this type of vehicle. v It will thus be seen that an electrically driven vehicle, having a dual rear axle drive, has been provided in which composite housings for the motors and driving connections are utilized to transmit the driving forces from the axles to thev frame with com lete compensation for relative movements o the axles and cushioning of the shocks impressed thereon. i

Various modiications in the frame connection and driving connections will occur to y those skilled in the art and are to be deemed Within the scope of the appendedrclairn.

What we claim is: In a vehicle having a transverse frame member and an axle housing, in combination with a motor havin its axis substantially perpendicularto sai axle housing and having one of its ends secured rigidly thereto, means to support the other endof the motor o on said transverse' frame member comprisin an arm carried rigidl with the motor an havingoppositely facin substantially horizontal seats and oppose substantially vertical transverse seats formed thereon, a housing secured to the transverse frame member and having an opening therein, the housing and vertical seats on the arm forming housings, a U-shaped arm having, at its ends, transverse bearing members formed thereon,

50 the ends of said U-shaEed arm being received lWithin the aforesaid ousings, seats formed on the interior of the housingcarried upon the frame and in opposition. to the bearing surfaces on the cooperating end of the arm, and yielding non-metallic material between the seats on the arm and the seats of the respective housings.

This s ecification signed this 12th day of June A. 1926. y ALFRED F. MASURY. AFRANK E. QUEENEY. 

